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91_SR0187
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 extend their sincere sympathies to the family and friends of
4 Frances Killey, who recently passed away; and
5 WHEREAS, Frances Ada Brent Killey was born in Warren
6 County on October 3, 1911; her parents were Frank Jesse and
7 Ada Flossie Savage Brent; on May 27, 1932 she married Ralph
8 A. Killey; and
9 WHEREAS, Frances Killey was a 1967 graduate of Monmouth
10 College; she taught at Willets Elementary School; she and her
11 husband farmed in Lennox Township until they moved to
12 Monmouth in 1992; and
13 WHEREAS, She was a member of the First United Methodist
14 Church of Monmouth; she served as president of the Women's
15 Society of Christian Service, as a Sunday school teacher, and
16 Official Board chairman; she had been a member of the
17 National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
18 since 1940, holding local, State, and national offices; she
19 also held offices in the Children of the American Revolution;
20 and
21 WHEREAS, Frances Killey was a charter member of the
22 Warren County Republican Women's Club, serving as president
23 from 1971 to 1979; from 1982 to 1984 she was State president
24 of the Federation of Republican Women, and served as a
25 delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1980; she
26 served as president of the Monmouth Branch of the AAUW and
27 the Gamma Lambda Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma; she was past
28 matron of the Order of the Eastern Star in Roseville; and
29 WHEREAS, She was named Mother of the Year in 1964 by
30 American Mothers Inc., where she served as president from
31 1984 to 1986; in 1996 she received the Mary Linsey Award for
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1 helping mothers of young children and organizing a local
2 chapter of Mothers of Young Children; she was president of
3 the Warren County Home Bureau and Warren County Home
4 Extension; she was also a 51-year member of the PEO; and
5 WHEREAS, Frances Killey is survived by her husband,
6 Ralph; her daughter, Barbara (Ray) Hedberg; her son, Frank
7 (Barbara); her 13 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren;
8 and several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
9 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
10 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
11 all who knew her, the death of Frances Killey of Monmouth,
12 Illinois; and be it further
13 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
14 presented to the family of Frances Killey.